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Figuring out what the NBA owners make off a team, that is a murkier issue. While nobody — not even the players union — suggests the league made money the last few years, the finances of teams are complex and don’t often include things like how much a team is worth and how that has grown in recent years.

Strange, but the union never has the courage to bring up the mystery surrounding Stern’s salary. Many owners don’t even know what Stern makes. “I’d say three or less know,” one NBA owner told Yahoo! Sports. Several believe it’s somewhere in the range of $20 million to $23 million a year, but no one knows for sure. Maybe it’s more than that, but the fact that some owners don’t know the answer is beyond belief.

Wojnarowski, like some agents, wonders why the union does not come out swinging at Stern — the owners are a largely faceless group, but Stern is a front and center target. With him telling the owners they cannot speak publically, Stern becomes the lone voice for that side of the argument. If you are going to take a swing, he is the punching bag.

But Stern is also a likeable, very good public speaker, someone fans respect. While his rants behind closed doors are the thing of legend, on camera his is very calm, very smooth. Landing a good punch on him will not be easy. And he would punch back.

Just another thing to watch for, another question to ask. Another thing that is part of the tactics but not part of the solution to the lockout.

Kurt are you somewhere rubbing his ballz with bengay? Stern isn’t as likeable as he once was, his Napoleon complex started to emerge in the last decade, but owners want guys like him in charge, Roger Godell wants to be like him….

I’m going to have to call Balderdash on that “three or less” owners know what Stern makes. He gets paid by the league, so it’s hard to believe every owner wouldn’t be privy to that sort of info. Pretty hard to negotiate a CBA or anything else when you don’t know what the league’s expenses are. And since supposedly over half the teams are losing money, it’s beyond belief that these owners are in the red and don’t even have a passing interest in what the commissioner is earning. Is Stern telling them “no” when they ask him? That simply can’t be happening.